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some money in the dresser drawer and a love letter too
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some money in the dresser drawer and a love letter too

by Donnie Moreland March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

When Betty said she loved that man, on that morning, I wonder where the words fossilized? If they sheltered in the red wool pattern of his prayer rug? That's if she said it before fasting from her night words. Maybe she said it before noon prayer? knowing. knowing. Keeping play in tact for the six […]

grief
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Grief is in the kitchen

by Scalawag Editors December 26, 2024December 23, 2024
vanguard poems
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The Vanguard Poems I & II

by Donnie Moreland December 23, 2024December 23, 2024
grief
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Grief doesn't celebrate the holidays

by Scalawag Editors December 23, 2024December 23, 2024
solitary confinement dragon
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Solitary Confinement (dragon scales don't bury like gold)

by Donnie Moreland December 20, 2024December 12, 2024
belly of the beast
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sleeping in the belly of the beast

by Moonbow Reign December 13, 2024December 12, 2024
memory work
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Memory Work

by Rasha Abdulhadi September 11, 2024September 10, 2024
Future Street
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Dying on Future Street

by Rasha Abdulhadi September 11, 2024September 10, 2024
Another Nakba
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On the Eve of yet another Nakba, a Dream

by George Abraham September 11, 2024September 10, 2024
In the Open Air
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Love Letter From A Poet Under Empire

by mónica teresa ortiz September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
Saul Williams
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In The Open Air: Saul Williams on Breathing, Reading, and Resisting

by Aurielle Lucier September 3, 2024September 3, 2024
a list of things i did this summer
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a list of things i did this summer

by Aarohi Sheth May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
Pothole
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Pothole

by Jack Morillo May 29, 2024May 31, 2024
Giving Jim Grace
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Giving Jim Grace

by Joshua Burton May 29, 2024May 31, 2024
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East End Preserve, Galveston TX

by Maha Abdelwahab May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
Rest is Not Resistance
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Rest is Not Resistance, and That is OK

by Trey Washington March 28, 2024November 19, 2024
Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World
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Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World

by Kahlia Phillips March 27, 2024March 27, 2024
Holiday Season—Episode 4 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 2: Seasons of Change. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript. When Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanza and family gatherings of all kinds—the musical, cultural, food traditions—collide against a backdrop of losses, challenges, and major life shifts, the holidays can be a confusing time to welcome grief back home.
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Holiday Season

by Nnenna Freelon December 14, 2023December 14, 2023
In this episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon pleads with the moon, the sun, and the leaves about how to get in touch with her beloved Phil again. If grief isn’t linear, then maybe sorrow is more than a season—perhaps it’s a portal to the unknown.
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The World Since You Left

by Nnenna Freelon December 12, 2023December 14, 2023
The World Since You Left—Episode 3 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 2: Seasons of Change. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript.
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Ashes, Ashes

by Nnenna Freelon December 7, 2023December 14, 2023
The changing seasons are an apt metaphor to talk about the shedding, withering, and falling away that accompanies the most painful parts of grief. Nnenna Freelon takes us on a walk through the woods to contemplate autumn and the possibility of renewal.
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Falling

by Nnenna Freelon November 28, 2023December 14, 2023
A wife for nearly 40 years, Nnenna Freelon now wonders what to make of the term widow when she still feels the significance of her marriage well after her husband's death in Black Widow, the final installment in the season of Great Grief, Wailing Women.
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Black Widow

by Nnenna Freelon November 21, 2023November 28, 2023
Hair holds our history, personality, identity—and our grief. In episode 3 of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon visits her mother’s beauty salon, where generations of Black women have gathered to discuss their hairstory—the grief over it, and the grief under it.
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Hairstory

by Nnenna Freelon November 21, 2023November 28, 2023
Banned Kamp: All Boys Aren't Blue, by George M. Johnson.
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The queer survival and coming-of-age book I needed as a child

by KB Brookins November 14, 2023November 14, 2023
No woman makes it through life without a sister. Through faith, family, and struggle, we inhabit a deep solidarity that allows us to hold one another close, even at the very end. In episode 2 of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon walks us through her journey of losing her sister, Debbie. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript.
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Sister Sister

by Nnenna Freelon September 27, 2023November 13, 2023
Photographer Justin Hardiman, a collaborator with Jasmine Williams and Sarah Jené’s 'How We Get Over: We Grow On' project at the Mississippi Museum of Art, shares stunning portraits and excerpts from his audio-visual project, 'The Color of Grief.'
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The Color of Grief

by Justin Hardiman September 22, 2023September 25, 2023
When Grief Speaks—Episode 1 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 1: Wailing Women. Grief is a woman with plenty to say. In the first episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon asks us to consider what happens if we stop running from our grief, sit down, and listen to her for a change. Listen, subscribe, and read along with the podcast transcript.
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When Grief Speaks

by Nnenna Freelon September 13, 2023September 29, 2023
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Despair, Hope, Emancipation: A Story from Parchman State Penitentiary

by A Mississippi Collective August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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In paintings: Life, Death, Carcerality, and the Pursuit of Abolition

by Obie Weathers August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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The perfect present for my Black and trans inner child

by Kelsey Smoot August 25, 2023November 13, 2023

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